Fiji has reported 485 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 COVID-19 deaths for the 24-hour period that ended at 8am today.
Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong has reported that the first COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old woman from Colo-i-Suva who died at home.
He said the woman’s family reported that she had been feeling unwell for three days.
The PS said the deceased was not vaccinated.
Dr Fong says the second COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old man from Nabua who also died at home.
“His family reported that he was feeling unwell for three days. He was noted to have a reduced appetite and generalised weakness. He was not vaccinated,” he said.
“The third COVID-19 death is a 38-year-old woman from Nakasi. A Ministry response team attended to her at a medical facility and transferred her to the CWM Hospital after she reported having severe symptoms of COVID-19. Her condition worsened in hospital and she died four days after admission. She was not vaccinated.”
Dr Fong said there had now been 55 deaths due to COVID-19 in the country, with 53 of those deaths during the outbreak that started in April this year.
“We also have recorded 21 COVID-19 positive patients who died from the serious medical conditions that they had before they contracted COVID-19; these are not classified as COVID-19 deaths. One death of a COVID-19 positive patient remains under investigation.
“As of the 9th July, the seven-day rolling average of deaths per day is 3.”
Dr Fong said there have been 162 new recoveries reported since the last update, and that meant there were now 8576 active cases.
There have been 10,442 cases during the outbreak that started in April 2021.
The ministry has recorded a total of 10,512 cases in Fiji since the first case was reported in March 2020, with 1859 recoveries.
